Dyeing apparatus.



E. N, PATTERSON. EYBNG APPARATUS.

APFLIGATION FLED MAY 15. 1907.

PATENTED DEC. 3l, 1907.

mm N. RQTTEXQ ma PATBNTED DEG. s1, 1907.

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F. N, PATTERSON. DYBI G APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY l5. 1907.

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Ythedye box; 12 t ie ump cnnected to the FRANK NEVILLE PATTERSON, OF LEXINGTON, NOTH CAROLINA; I

inverno APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten nec. e1, 190'?.

.tppnmiou ned nay 15. 1907. semi no.' 373.717.

Fo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK NnvrLLn PAT- .i TEnsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county. of Davidson and State of North Carolina, have invented a 'new and useful lin rovement in Dyeing Apparatus, of which tiic following is a specification.

This invention is :t inachine or apparatus for dyeing, and particularly adapted and intended for applying dyes to cotton or worstedyarns. j

The object of the invention is to provide a dyeing machine or apparatus in which the dyestu or'liquid will be forced uniformly through the yarn, and then back to the supply vatfor repeated use.,

The apparatus includes a dye supply vat and pump, andpipe connections to a dyeing box containing cones on which the yarn is reeled,f the yarn being. uniformly held be- A tween Vthe cones and surrounding perforated jackets, causing uniform resistance through# out the mass of yarn, as more fully appears hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein the invention is illustrated, Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus. `ig. 2 is a vertical section of the dye box and a cone there` in. Fig. 3 is a top 'plan view of the parts shown in Fie'. 2,. the cover of the box being removed.. ig. 4 is a diagrammaticview showing a. dye box provided with a plurality of cones.y

. Refer particularly tothe drawings, .10'

indicates t e sup ly vat for *the supply; 11

vat and the box an adapted to pum dye turn ipe from the box .to the vat. The inlet ipefiom the pump enters the bottom of the ox through either a branch 14 or a branch 15, controlled by a three way valve 22, and the return leads from the three wayvalve 22 to a drain pipe 23 which is connected to the return pipe 13, and to a waste or rinsing. w ater pipe 24 by a three way valve at 25. ln

ractice, the entire machine will comprise a arge number of cones 1.7 in the same box 11, eac of the cones being supplied by a branch The dye'box 11 is made of iron, with a water tight lid 16 fastened thereon in any suitable manner. The top of the inlet pipe 14; where it projects 4through the bottorn of the box is threaded to receive a perforated holl cone has perforated sides but is closedat the top. The yarn to be dyed, indicated at 18, is wound thereon by any suitable Winder, to the size desired, and around the cone of yarn is then placed a perforated jacket 19 which holds or confines the yarn in position, the whole being held in shape by a cruciforin binder 20. The jacket is the fulldength of thc yarn cone which rests upon blocks 21 on the bottom of the box. 'lhe jacket 19 is Amade of sheet metal and is expansible, within certain limits, to fit acone of yarn of any ordinary size. After the yarn is put in place and fixed by the jacket and binder, and the cover fastened on the dye is pumped intojthe box, vpassing through the holes 1n the cone and uniforrnl through the mass ofern and out vatfhe .si es and ends thereof, ling the box and overflowing through the return pipe 13 to the vat for subsequent use bythe same process. After thel yarn is thoroughly saturated with the dye the Wash water is forced through the same Way, thereby avoiding handling the material a: second time. By

yarn cone is held in the same shape and con .Ylow iron cone 17., screwed thereon. The

, the aid of the jacket and the cross binder the dition during the'entire process and is in the saine shape after the dyeing and washing as before, thereby avoiding rewinding. The particular manner of and means for holding the yarn during the dyeing and Washing is an especial feature of the invention and attended with-decided practical advantages.

The pressure of the jacket and binder upon the mass gives uniformity thereto. and prevents the formation ofV decided channels or outlets and insures the penetration by the dye uniformly to all partsv of the niass, from the center to the circumference, as Well as thorough4 rinsing thereafter.

By means of the three Way valve at 22 the liquid can be forced through the cone from the inside outward, in which ,case it enters through the pipe 14 and passes out through the ipe 15, or from the outside inward, in whic i event it passes vin through pipe 15 and ont through pi e 14; or it can be passed first Oneway and t en the other, the overflow in either instance passing back to the vat through the threeway valve 22 and the pipe 13, this passage, however, being controlled 'bythe other three way valve 25, so that The inlets 14 ine @over can be removed and box loaded or having perforated sdes connected with the unloaded without disconnecting any pipes.

l claim:

1. in dyeing apparatus, the combination 5 of n box, a,

extending tieieinto ilu'ongli the bottom of the linx, n performed expensihlejrielfet surroundingr the cone for eonfining'the material hei'eon, a, Abinder extending across the material at ille top'of the cone, and :mother pipe opening from the box.

2. in :L dyeing nppar'aus, in combination, a dye' box lnving an inlet` pipe projecting through the bottom thereof, a hollow cone perforated cone for receiving the j nmlerml to be dyed, sand cone having a pipe j I l. l i

end oll the pipe for supporting the yarn, an

g expansibie jacket inelosmg the yarn on the cone for confining Said yarn in place and an outlet pipe. for the box.

3. ln a dyeing apparatus, a hollow @one .having perforated sides for supporting the yarn, and an e'pansible jacket inclosingr the, yarn on the cone for confining said yarn in plm-,(3, and means for supplying dyeing material to the hollov of the cone.

FRANK NEVILLE PATTERSN Witnesses f H. W.'BAR1NG,

J. C. WiLLiAMsoN. 

